diff --git a/src/__tests__/helpers/customElement.js b/src/__tests__/helpers/customElement.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3d1c801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/helpers/customElement.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+const observed = ['value']
+
+class CustomEl extends HTMLElement {
+  static getObservedAttributes() {
+    return observed
+  }
+
+  constructor() {
+    super()
+    this.attachShadow({mode: 'open'})
+    this.shadowRoot.innerHTML = `<input>`
+    this.$input = this.shadowRoot.querySelector('input')
+  }
+
+  connectedCallback() {
+    observed.forEach(name => {
+      this.render(name, this.getAttribute(name))
+    })
+  }
+
+  attributeChangedCallback(name, oldVal, newVal) {
+    if (oldVal === newVal) return
+    this.render(name, newVal)
+  }
+
+  render(name, value) {
+    if (value == null) {
+      this.$input.removeAttribute(name)
+    } else {
+      this.$input.setAttribute(name, value)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+customElements.define('custom-el', CustomEl)
diff --git a/src/__tests__/type.js b/src/__tests__/type.js
index 71ab097b..8735dfee 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/type.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/type.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import React, {Fragment} from 'react'
 import {render, screen} from '@testing-library/react'
 import userEvent from '..'
-import {setup} from './helpers/utils'
+import {setup, addListeners} from './helpers/utils'
+import './helpers/customElement'
 
 it('types text in input', async () => {
   const {element, getEventCalls} = setup(<input />)
@@ -23,6 +24,31 @@ it('types text in input', async () => {
   `)
 })
 
+it('types text inside custom element', async () => {
+  const {
+    container: {firstChild: customElement},
+  } = render(<custom-el />)
+  const inputEl = customElement.shadowRoot.querySelector('input')
+  const {getEventCalls} = addListeners(inputEl)
+
+  await userEvent.type(inputEl, 'Sup')
+  expect(getEventCalls()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    focus
+    keydown: S (83)
+    keypress: S (83)
+    input: "{CURSOR}" -> "S"
+    keyup: S (83)
+    keydown: u (117)
+    keypress: u (117)
+    input: "S{CURSOR}" -> "Su"
+    keyup: u (117)
+    keydown: p (112)
+    keypress: p (112)
+    input: "Su{CURSOR}" -> "Sup"
+    keyup: p (112)
+  `)
+})
+
 it('types text in textarea', async () => {
   const {element, getEventCalls} = setup(<textarea />)
   await userEvent.type(element, 'Sup')
diff --git a/src/type.js b/src/type.js
index b5885d8a..1281bf19 100644
--- a/src/type.js
+++ b/src/type.js
@@ -17,14 +17,23 @@ async function type(...args) {
   return result
 }
 
+const getActiveElement = document => {
+  const activeElement = document.activeElement
+  if (activeElement.shadowRoot) {
+    return getActiveElement(activeElement.shadowRoot) || activeElement
+  } else {
+    return activeElement
+  }
+}
+
 async function typeImpl(element, text, {allAtOnce = false, delay} = {}) {
   if (element.disabled) return
 
   element.focus()
 
   // The focused element could change between each event, so get the currently active element each time
-  const currentElement = () => element.ownerDocument.activeElement
-  const currentValue = () => element.ownerDocument.activeElement.value
+  const currentElement = () => getActiveElement(element.ownerDocument)
+  const currentValue = () => currentElement().value
   const setSelectionRange = newSelectionStart => {
     // if the actual selection start is different from the one we expected
     // then we set it to the end of the input